Mining Incidents

Morganville Strip Mine No 4 Coal

Whitwell, Marion County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002984

MSHA record for Morganville Strip Mine No 4 (mine ID 4002984). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1994–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1997 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTING IN A GRADUAL ONSET OF RADICULITIS.

April 24, 1997 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTING IN A GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK INJURY.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 5, 1996 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPEATED TRAUMA OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS RESULTED IN GRADUAL ONSET OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON THE RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY.

August 22, 1996 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS TRAVELING UP HAULAGE RAMP WHEN FRONT WHEELS LIFTED OFF GROUND CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT HOIST JACKS BROKE ALLOWING BED TO TURN OVER BACKWARD AND DUMP, AT THIS POINT, FRONT OF TRUCK C AME DOWN AND EE S FOREHEAD WAS STRUCK ON STEERING WHEEL.

1994 · 1 incident

October 3, 1994 TN · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HAULING BACK FILL ENGINE DIED WHILE TURNING AROUND, BRAKES FAILED, TRUCK RAN OVER EMBANKMENT FORWARD TURNING OVER AN APPROIMATE 40 FOOT SLOPE.

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